[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v2.c32.16 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c32.16 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c32.16 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c32.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c32.16) ¹⁴⁷² देशान्तरमृते तस्मिन्साध्वी तत्पादुकाद्वयम् । निधायोरसि संशुद्धा प्रविशेज्जातवेदसम् ॥ ऋग्वेदवादात्साध्वी स्त्री न भवेदात्मघातिनी । त्र्यहाच्छौचे तु निर्वृत्ते श्राद्धं प्राप्नोति शाश्वतम् ॥ ब्रह्मपुराण quoted by अपरार्क p. 111., where अपरार्क tells us that Vedic verses which render self-immolation free from the sin of suicide are verses like 'imā nārīr ' ( Ṛg. X. 18. 7 ) quoted in note 1450. - [Previous: v2.c32.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c32.15) - [Next: v2.c32.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c32.17) - [Up: v2.c32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c32) ## Cites (2) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.10.18.7) — Sanskrit - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c32.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c32.16) · Pramāṇa